Posted August 2, 2021 at 3:32 pm by Valerie Wilson Black women face a persistent pay gap, including in essential occupations during the pandemic This year, Black Women’s Equal Pay Day arrives 10 days earlier…

Key takeaways: As the Delta variant of COVID-19 spreads throughout the United States, Arkansas and Missouri are facing an even more dramatic spike in COVID-19 cases, in part due to lower vaccination rates. This puts…

Posted July 22, 2021 at 1:14 pm by Ben Zipperer The minimum wage has lost 21% of its value since Congress last raised the wage Saturday marks 12 years since the last federal minimum wage…

Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast. President Christine Lagarde had barely begun unveiling the European Central Bank’s new monetary policy strategy this month when she signaled that the Germans…

Some of the former Colombian soldiers who flew to Haiti knew of the criminal conspiracy that led to the July 7 murder of President Jovenel Moise, while others believed they were on a mission to…

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. plans to launch its own private real estate investment trust after taking over the management of a portfolio of properties currently overseen by subsidiary Oaktree Capital Management. The Canadian alternative asset…

It’s been a week from hell for South Africa. Riots and widespread looting have claimed at least 117 lives, cost billions of rand in damages, and left some areas facing food and medicine shortages, Antony Sguazzin…

Angela Merkel starts her exit from German politics. Photographer: Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu/Bloomberg By Chris Reiter and Sam Dodge July 15, 2021 Angela Merkel’s remarkable run as Germany’s first female chancellor made her the undisputed queen of…